Cottonseed oil and uses

US8716555B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION · AU

Inventors

• Qing Liu · Gungahlin, AU
• Allan Graham Green · North Canberra, AU
• Surinder Pal Singh · North Canberra, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 2011
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P60/87
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present specification relates to the production of cotton plants and seeds and oil prepared therefrom having elevated levels of oleic and reduced levels of palmitic and linoleic acids. Furthermore, cottonseeds having low levels of cyclopropane and/or cyclopropene fatty acids and/or reduced levels of gossypol are described herein. The specification also describe FatB and CPA-FAS nucleotide and amino acid sequences derived from cotton facilitating, inter alia the direct modification of plant oil content and/or composition.